How to Use trowel in a Sentence

trowel

noun
  • Pull the weeds by hand, use pruners, or a small hand trowel.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Use a trowel to fluff the potting mix.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Use a weeder with a forked end or a trowel to help get the roots out.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017
  • Each set comes with three tools—a trowel, a tine fork, and a weeder.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Having a sturdy trowel can be a huge help with that last one.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The trowel feels heavier this year for others as well, who chimed in.
    — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
  • Loosen the soil in the pot with your hands or the trowel, or squeeze the sides of the pot to loosen the plant.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • What defines our species is not the hammer or the trowel but the nail and the grout.
    — Kim Tingley, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • In flowerbeds and gardens, hand-removal with a trowel will work.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Just be careful so your trowel doesn't catch and pull the mesh or clip the cable.
    — Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Today, trowels of all kinds sit by large pots around the garden of her new house.
    — Joan Juliet Buck, HWD, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Max gave us trowels and showed us how to grab a clump and carefully dig out the bulbs.
    — Sarah Theeboom, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2017
  • But my favorite is the shiny, silver trowel.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Once your bales are ready, dig out holes about six inches deep in the bales with a trowel or small tree saw.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Under the daughter plant, use a trowel to dig a hole big enough to bury one of the pots in.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Use a hand trowel to gently mix them into the top few inches of soil.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Use a trowel or hand cultivator to break up the soil and turn it over.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Use a sharp garden trowel and dispose of the plants in a plastic bag.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Remove mulch from the top of the soil then use a trowel to dig about 2 inches deep.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 30 May 2026
  • Mix in to the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • This handy tool is as essential as a trowel and good pair of garden gloves.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2020
  • So for your brain’s sake, grab your trowel, roll up your sleeves, and don’t be afraid to get a little dirty.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • His pail of sticky cement sat next to him, and a trowel in his right hand was dripping on the floor.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Mix in to the top few inches using a hand trowel, do not rototill.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Using your trowel, lightly mix the soil.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Clean out leaves and debris, using a trowel or scoop if needed.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Like if you were handed a trowel and asked to move a mound of dirt that a backhoe just dumped at your feet.
    — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Use a soil probe or a trowel to make sure the roots are receiving the right amount of water.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Once cool weather has arrived to stay, grab your bulb planter or hand trowel and get these bulbs in the ground.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Each person got a bucket, a brush, a trowel, a thin metal pick and a pad to sit on.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Sep. 2019

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